A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday searched for the limits of the president's power to restrict foreign workers from entering the U.S., as the government defended attaching a $100,000 fee to process certain skilled-worker visas.
A Massachusetts federal judge on Friday searched for the limits of the president's power to restrict foreign workers from entering the U.S., as the government defended attaching a $100,000 fee to process certain skilled-worker visas.
The Seventh Circuit concluded on Friday that using email to serve Chinese defendants in "Schedule A" trademark cases is improper under the rules of the Hague Service Convention, but that an Illinois federal judge handling one such counterfeiting action must first determine whether the convention applies at all to the given case.
Chicago-based Motorola Solutions Inc. operates an automatic license plate reader system in California without implementing state-required security measures that promote data usage transparency and prevent unauthorized information disclosure to federal and other non-state agencies, two Golden State residents claim in Illinois state court.
Catch up on this past week's key developments by state from Law360 Real Estate Authority — including insights into the tireless lives of data center attorneys, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's proposal to ease capital formation in public markets, and the two-year low in U.S. law firm leasing.
Federal lawsuits that target dozens or even hundreds of online sellers at once kept climbing in 2025 and spread beyond their Chicago stronghold, even as new data shows more friction for brand owners' mass anti-counterfeiting strategy.
Agribusinesses The Andersons Inc. and Cargill Inc. will each pay $5 million to end derivatives market manipulation claims from a class of wheat futures traders, the parties announced.
Brokerages HomeServices of America Inc. and Douglas Elliman Inc. asked a Florida federal court to pause an antitrust suit brought by a proposed class of homebuyers because separate Illinois federal court settlements could be granted final approval.
The Seventh Circuit ruled Friday that a Teamsters pension fund didn't overstep when it tried to kick out a Penske bargaining unit in Dallas, finding it was reasonable for plan trustees to conclude the agreement with the company allowed it to expel the unit.
An Illinois couple cannot receive additional payments for medical expenses and uninsured or underinsured motorist coverage beyond the $1.1 million they already received for a car crash, the Seventh Circuit ruled, saying their auto and umbrella policies contain unambiguous anti-stacking language.
The Delaware Chancery Court’s recent decision in Fortis Advisors v. Krafton to treat a CEO’s artificial intelligence chats as substantive evidence is being read as a discovery warning to litigators, but there is a second duty-to-preserve lesson that is especially pertinent to in-house counsel, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.
The Illinois state Legislature has passed a bill that aims to stop attorneys from fee sharing with non-lawyer-owned firms in other states and from accepting outside investment via a managed service organization structure.
Court systems around the country are emerging bullish on the use of generative artificial intelligence by judicial officers, but implementation, training, resources and overall regulations remain scattershot, giving rise to concerns that a learning gap could lead to missteps.
Legal department hires during the past month included high-profile appointments at Chevron, Barclays and Topgolf. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the last full month of spring.
A plaintiffs' attorney and law firm sanctioned in multidistrict litigation alleging prenatal exposure to acetaminophen can cause autism agreed to donate $50,000 to maternal health organization March of Dimes in lieu of paying attorney fees, according to a letter filed Monday in New York federal court.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday it will abide by a federal judge's decision to temporarily pause the $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund, adding that it disagreed with the ruling.
A Georgia federal court on Monday awarded $3.45 million in attorney fees and costs to lawyers for workers who reached an $11.5 million settlement over claims that a Hyundai supplier, a Kia plant and staffing agencies recruited skilled Mexican engineers for production work and underpaid them.
The rapidly expanding gaming and sports betting industry brought more legal industry players to the table in Massachusetts in May, with two firms beefing up their bench in that area, while other local attorneys made midcareer leaps into new roles.
When Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP partner and general counsel Michael Canty decided to pursue a legal career, he had no doubt about what type of lawyer he wanted to be.
